Archive | July, 2014

The Nassau Stakes for fillies and mares is the Group 1 highlight of the final day of Glorious Goodwood (3.15pm Saturday).

Aidan O’Brien’s Venus De Milo heads the market at 5/2. This four-year-old daughter of Duke of Marmalade was last seen finishing three lengths second to Thistle Bird in the Group 1 Pretty Polly Stakes at the Curragh at the end of more …

The King George and Queen Elizabeth stakes is the most highly respected middle distance Group 1 contest for horses of all ages (3.50pm Saturday, Ascot). This year it looks to be a much more open contest over a mile and a half than the betting market suggests.

Lewis Hamilton ate into Nico Rosberg’s lead at the top of the Formula One drivers’ championship with victory at Silverstone and will be hopeful of overhauling his teammate by winning this weekend’s German Grand Prix (Race: Sunday, 13:00 BST, live on Sky Sports F1).

Argentina and Netherlands scored one goal between them in their World Cup quarter-final victories and a similarly tight encounter can be expected when they meet in their semi-final in Sao Paulo on Wednesday (21:00 BST on ITV).

Argentina progressed to the knockout stages by topping Group F ahead of Nigeria, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Iran. An extra-time winner from more …

Lewis Hamilton needs victory in front of his home fans at this weekend’s British Grand Prix to close the gap on teammate Nico Rosberg (pictured) at the head of the F1 Drivers’ Championship (Race: Sunday, 1pm BST, BBC & Sky Sports F1).

Rosberg was the victor in Austria two weeks ago, leading home Hamilton in a Mercedes one-two ahead of the Williams pair of more …